The ignorance lies in you. The word retard(ed) has been used as a reference to development and operation long before it was used to reference the disabled.

My usage of the word is in proper context,instead of saying these guns are a step backwards. And you, sir, are out of line. Don't play moral highroad with me.

I could've been there too, since I'm in the industry.

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Originally Posted by gunnut07

In ending I do find the use of the word retard offensive. It just goes to make the person using it look uneducated and ignorant.*

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Cant we all get along, Hey if the price is right ill buy some might be fun to put a few rounds through them you never know till you try.

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All you young whipper snappers and your new fangled doo dads have no clue what real construction is.......GET OFF MY LAWN!

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My wife's close friend has a son with a very servere disability. He is 14 and still wears diapers. Just parenting him is a full time job. We used to be very careful what we said around her. Then one day she did something stupid. She blurted out "I feel like a retard". That was the mother of the disabled teen. She also works with the handicapped. She is a full time teacher.

People are just too sensitive. It is a sad state we are in where we get pissed at people for something with no malice whatesoever.

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My wife's close friend has a son with a very servere disability. He is 14 and still wears diapers. Just parenting him is a full time job. We used to be very careful what we said around her. Then one day she did something stupid. She blurted out "I feel like a retard". That was the mother of the disabled teen. She also works with the handicapped. She is a full time teacher.

People are just too sensitive. It is a sad state we are in where we get pissed at people for something with no malice whatesoever.

My friend's brother has autism, and he does not get "sensitive" when retarded is used as a derogatory term, as long as it is not directed towards someone with a mental disability. I feel the same way

Rick, Soda.... I'm glad there are some men here who are modest and unpretentious.

Scott... send me a SAA and ill make it a prototype.

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I could make a list of a bunch of guns i have, or "have", or wish I had. Why would one feel compelled to provide that infornation freely? Do you feel the need to show off? Is it some immature game of oneupsmanship?

You're right Woody. A drunken, after work bar bet may be the explanation we are looking for. That or somebody in R&D said, "You wouldn't!"

Seriously, if I see one in one of my LGS, I will probably check them out. I just can't see myself buying either one. They're just not the style of gun I like.

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